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<p>While AMD made a small profit last quarter, the Q4 outlook from the company is not nearly as rosy.&nbsp; AMD estimates that Q4 revenues will be around 12% lower than Q3, making for a rare drop in what is typically a robust season for sales.&nbsp; Unlike Intel, AMD is seeing a very soft PC market for their products.&nbsp; Intel so far has been able to deliver parts that are as fast, if not faster than the latest APUs, but they also feature lower TDPs while at a comparable price.&nbsp; The one area that AMD has a significant advantage is in terms of 3D performance and better driver support.</p>
<p>To keep the chips selling during this very important quarter, AMD is cutting the prices on their entire lineup of FM2+ parts.&nbsp; This includes the entire Kaveri based lineup from the top end A10-7850K to the A6-7400K.&nbsp; AMD is also cutting the prices on the previous Richland based parts, which include the A10-6800K.&nbsp; Also of interest is that buyers of A10 APUs will be able to select one of three game titles (Murdered: Soul Suspect, Thief, or Sniper Elite 3) for free, or use the included code to purchase Corel&rsquo;s Aftershot Pro 2 for only $5.</p>
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<td>12 (4+8)</td>
<td>12 (4+8)</td>
<td>10 (4+6)</td>
<td>10 (4+6)</td>
<td>6 (2+4)</td>
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<td>R7</td>
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<td>95 (65/45)</td>
<td>65 (45)</td>
<td>95 (65/45)</td>
<td>65 (45)</td>
<td>65 (45)</td>
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<p>The A10-7850K is a pretty good part overall, though of course it does suffer at the hands of Intel when it comes to pure CPU performance.&nbsp; It still is a pretty quick part that competes well with Intel&rsquo;s 2 core/4 thread chips.&nbsp; 3D performance from the integrated graphics is class leading, and the potential for using that unit for HSA applications is another checkmark for AMD.&nbsp; We have yet to see widespread adoption of HSA, but we are seeing more and more software products coming out that support it.&nbsp; Having tested it out myself, the GPU portion of the APU can be enabled when using a standalone GPU from either AMD or NVIDIA.&nbsp; The Kaveri chips also support TrueAudio, which will show up in more titles throughout the next year.</p>
<p>One aspect of AMD&rsquo;s latest FM2+ platform that cannot be ignored is the pretty robust selection of good and interesting motherboards that are offered at very low prices.&nbsp; Products such as the Gigabyte G1.Sniper.A88X and the MSI A88X-G45 Gaming motherboards are well rounded products that typically sell in the $90 to $110 range.&nbsp; Top end products like the Asus Crossblade Ranger are still quite affordable at around $160.&nbsp; Budget offerings are still pretty decent and they come in the $50 range.</p>
<p class="rtecenter"><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/news/Processors/AMD-Cuts-APU-Prices-and-Q3-Results-Fallout" class="inline-image-link" title="View: amd_a_series.jpg"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/news/2014-10-22/amd_a_series.jpg" alt="amd_a_series.jpg" title="amd_a_series.jpg" class="pcper-inline" width="602" height="401" /></a></div></p>
<p>One other product that has sparked interest is the Athlon X4 860K Black Edition.&nbsp; This product is clocked between 3.7 GHz and 4.0 GHz, features two Steamroller modules, and is priced at a very reasonable $90.&nbsp; The downside is that there is no GPU portion enabled, while the upside is that there is potentially more thermal headroom for the CPU portion to be clocked higher than previous A10-7850K parts.&nbsp; This will of course differ from individual chips, but the potential is there to have a pretty solid CPU for a very low price.&nbsp; Add in the low motherboard prices, and this has the making of a nice budget enthusiast system.</p>
<p>So why the cuts now?&nbsp; We can simply look at last week&rsquo;s results for AMD&rsquo;s previous quarter, as well as how the next quarter is stacking up.&nbsp; While AMD made a small profit last quarter, predictions for Q4 look grim.&nbsp; AMD is looking at around a 12% decrease in revenue, as stated above.&nbsp; AMD has a choice in that they can keep ASPs higher, but risk shipping less product in the very important 4<sup>th</sup> quarter; or they can sacrifice ASPs and potentially ship a lot more product.&nbsp; The end result of cutting the prices on their entire line of APUs will be of course lower ASPs, but a higher volume of parts being shipped and sold.&nbsp; In terms of cash flow, it is likely more important to see parts flowing rather than having higher inventories with a higher ASP.&nbsp; This also means that more APUs being sold will mean more motherboards from their partners moving through the channel.</p>
<p>Intel does have several huge advantages over AMD in that they have a very solid 22 nm process, a huge workforce that can hand tune their processors, and enough marketing money to make any company other than Apple squirm.&nbsp; AMD is at the mercy of the pure-play foundries in terms of process node tweaks and shrinks.&nbsp; AMD spent a long time at 32 nm PD-SOI before it was able to migrated to 28 nm HKMG.&nbsp; It looks to be 2015 before AMD sees anything below 28 nm for their desktop APUs, but it could be sooner for their smaller APUs and ARM based products on planar 20 nm HKMG processes.&nbsp; We don&rsquo;t know a all of the specifics of the upcoming 16/14nm FinFET products from TSMC, Samsung, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, so it will be hard to compare/contrast to Intel&rsquo;s 2<sup>nd</sup> generation 14 nm TriGate line.&nbsp; All we know is that it will most assuredly be better than the current 28 nm HKMG that AMD is stuck at.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/AMD-Cuts-APU-Prices-and-Q3-Results-Fallout" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/AMD-Cuts-APU-Prices-and-Q3-Results-Fallout#commentsProcessorsA10 7850KamdAPUKaverilisa suQ3 resultsRichlandThu, 23 Oct 2014 02:02:07 +0000Josh Walrath61517 at http://www.pcper.comGigabyte G1.Sniper A88X Review: FM2+ for the Enthusiast?http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Motherboards/Gigabyte-G1Sniper-A88X-Review-FM2-Enthusiast
<p>AMD faces a bit of a quandary when it comes to their products.&nbsp; Their APUs are great at graphics, but not so great at general CPU performance.&nbsp; Their products are all under $200 for the CPU/APU but these APUs are not popular with the enthusiast and gaming crowd.&nbsp; Yes, they can make excellent budget gaming systems for those who do not demand ultra-high resolutions and quality settings, but it is still a tough sell for a lot of the mainstream market; the primary way AMD pushes these products is price.</p>
<p>Perhaps the irony here is that AMD is extremely competitive with Intel when it comes to chipset features.&nbsp; The latest A88X Fusion Control Hub is exceptionally well rounded with four native USB 3.0 ports, ten USB 2.0 ports, and eight SATA-6G ports.&nbsp; Performance of this chipset is not all that far off from what Intel offers with the Z87 chipset (USB and SATA-6G are slower, but not dramatically so).&nbsp; The chip also offers RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 support as well as a 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC (but a physical layer chip is still required).</p>
<p class="rtecenter"><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/reviews/Motherboards/Gigabyte-G1Sniper-A88X-Review-FM2-Enthusiast" class="inline-image-link" title="View: g1s_box.jpg"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/review/2014-06-04/g1s_box.jpg" alt="g1s_box.jpg" title="g1s_box.jpg" class="pcper-inline" width="602" height="414" /></a></div></p>
<p>Now we get back to price.&nbsp; AMD is not charging a whole lot for these FCH units, even the top end A88X.&nbsp; I do not have the exact number, but it is cheap as compared to the competing Intel option.&nbsp; Intel&rsquo;s chipset business has made money for the company for years, but AMD does not have that luxury.&nbsp; AMD needs to bundle effectively to be competitive, so it is highly doubtful that the chipset division makes a net profit at the end of the day.&nbsp; Their job is to help push AMD&rsquo;s CPU and APU offerings as much as possible.</p>
<p>These low cost FCH chips allow motherboard manufacturers to place a lot of customization on their board, but they are still limited in what they can do.&nbsp; A $200+ motherboard simply will not fly with consumers for the level of overall performance that even the latest AMD A10 7850K APU provides in CPU bound workloads.&nbsp; Unfortunately, HSA has not yet taken off to leverage the full potential of the Kaveri APU.&nbsp; We have had big developments, just not big enough that the majority of daily users out there will require an AMD APU.&nbsp; Until that happens, AMD will not be viewed favorably when it comes to its APU offerings in gaming or high performance systems.</p>
<p>The quandary obviously is how AMD and its motherboard partners can create inexpensive motherboards that are feature packed, yet will not break the bank or become burdensome towards APU sales?&nbsp; The FX series of processors from AMD do have a bit more leeway as the performance of the high end FX-8350 is not considered bad, and it is a decent overclocker.&nbsp; That platform can sustain higher motherboard costs due to this performance.&nbsp; The APU side, not so much.&nbsp; The answer to this quandary is tradeoffs.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Motherboards/Gigabyte-G1Sniper-A88X-Review-FM2-Enthusiast">Click here to read the entire review of the Gigabyte G1.Sniper A88X!</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Motherboards/Gigabyte-G1Sniper-A88X-Review-FM2-Enthusiast" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Motherboards/Gigabyte-G1Sniper-A88X-Review-FM2-Enthusiast#commentsMotherboardsA88XamdaudioFM2+G1.Sniper A88XGCNgigabyteKaverioverclockingRichlandMon, 16 Jun 2014 13:15:04 +0000Josh Walrath60409 at http://www.pcper.com(HCW) AMD A10-6790K APU Review and Benchmarkshttp://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/HCW-AMD-A10-6790K-APU-Review-and-Benchmarks
<p style="font-style: normal"><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">AMD has been heavily promoting their Kaveri platform leading up to its January launch</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">. This new generation of parts </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">should slowly replace Richland with faster and HSA-compliant silicon. AMD added a new member of the Richland family </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">on</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"> October</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"> 29th</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">, however, called the A10-6790K</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">. With a base frequency of 4.1</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">GHz (turbo to 4.3</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"> </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">GHz) and 384 shader cores clocked at 844 MHz</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">, it has a maximum theoretical compute power of 779 GFLOPs.</span></span></p>
<p class="rtecenter" style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/news/General-Tech/HCW-AMD-A10-6790K-APU-Review-and-Benchmarks" class="inline-image-link" title="View: hcw-battlefield-4-frametimes-620x418.png"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/news/2013-12-10/hcw-battlefield-4-frametimes-620x418.png" alt="hcw-battlefield-4-frametimes-620x418.png" title="hcw-battlefield-4-frametimes-620x418.png" class="pcper-inline" width="602" height="406" /></a></div></span></span></p>
<p class="rtecenter" style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"><em>Image Credit: HCW</em></span></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal"><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">Carl Nelson of </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">Hardcoreware </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">(HCW) <a href="http://www.hardcoreware.net/amd-a10-6790k-review/">picked one of these APUs up and tested it</a> against a number of metrics (including OpenCL performance) and four similarly priced competitors. </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">Specifically, he found Battlefield 4 playable on low</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"> (~35 FPS)</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"> at 720p without a discrete graphics solution</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"> especially for a home theater PC (HTPC).</span></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal"><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">E</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">ven though better things are on the horizon, you may want to check out his review if only as comparison to what will arrive next month.</span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal"> Who knows, maybe </span></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><span style="font-weight: normal">this fits your $120-130 price point.</span></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/HCW-AMD-A10-6790K-APU-Review-and-Benchmarks" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/HCW-AMD-A10-6790K-APU-Review-and-Benchmarks#commentsGeneral TechProcessorsamdRichlandTue, 10 Dec 2013 23:56:42 +0000Scott Michaud59085 at http://www.pcper.comAMD Spills more Kaveri Beans: AMD APU13http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-Spills-more-Kaveri-Beans-AMD-APU13
<p>The executives at AMD like to break their own NDAs.&nbsp; Then again, they are the ones typically setting these NDA dates, so it isn&rsquo;t a big deal.&nbsp; It is no secret that Kaveri has been in the pipeline for some time.&nbsp; We knew a lot of the basic details of the product, but there were certainly things that were missing.&nbsp; Lisu Su went up onstage and shared a few new details with us.</p>
<p class="rtecenter"><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/reviews/Processors/AMD-Spills-more-Kaveri-Beans-AMD-APU13" class="inline-image-link" title="View: kaveri.jpg"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/review/2013-11-11/kaveri.jpg" alt="kaveri.jpg" title="kaveri.jpg" class="pcper-inline" width="602" height="339" /></a></div></p>
<p>Kaveri will be made up of 4 &ldquo;Steamroller&rdquo; cores, which are enhanced versions of the previous Bulldozer/Trinity/Vishera families of products.&nbsp; Nearly everything in the processor is doubled.&nbsp; It now has dual decode, more cache, larger TLBs, and a host of other smaller features that all add up to greater single thread performance and better multi-threaded handling and performance. &nbsp; Integer performance will be improved, and the FPU/MMX/SSE unit now features 2 x 128 bit FMAC units which can &ldquo;fuse&rdquo; and support AVX 256.</p>
<p>However, there was no mention of the fabled 6 core Kaveri.&nbsp; At this time, it is unlikely that particular product will be launched anytime soon.&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-Spills-more-Kaveri-Beans-AMD-APU13">Click to read the entire article here!</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-Spills-more-Kaveri-Beans-AMD-APU13" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-Spills-more-Kaveri-Beans-AMD-APU13#commentsProcessorsa10amdAPUapu13fm2FM2+KaveripiledriverRichlandSteamrollertrinityvisheraTue, 12 Nov 2013 02:28:04 +0000Josh Walrath58888 at http://www.pcper.comAMD A10-6800K APU Overclocked to 8.2GHzhttp://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-APU-Overclocked-82GHz
<p>A Finnish overclocker known as &ldquo;<a href="http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Running-80GHz-All-Four-Cylinders">The Stilt</a>&rdquo; recently pushed an AMD Richland APU to 8.2GHz using liquid nitrogen. In doing so, The Stilt broke the world record for APU overclocking, besting his previous overclock attempt.</p>
<p><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/news/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-APU-Overclocked-82GHz" class="inline-image-link" title="View: AMD A10-6800K Richland APU Overclocked to 8GHz.jpg"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/news/2013-07-28/AMD%20A10-6800K%20Richland%20APU%20Overclocked%20to%208GHz.jpg" alt="AMD A10-6800K Richland APU Overclocked to 8GHz.jpg" title="AMD A10-6800K Richland APU Overclocked to 8GHz.jpg" class="pcper-inline" width="602" height="421" /></a></div></p>
<p>Specifically, the chip was a retail version of the AMD A10-6800K &ldquo;Richland&rdquo; APU. It was overclocked to 8203.01 MHz with a 130.21 MHz base clock and 63x multiplier. Even more impressive is that The Stilt managed the overclock with less voltage -- 1.968 volts -- than his earlier (and lower) overclock. For comparison, the earlier overclock brought the A10-6800K to 8000.48 MHz using 2.008 volts.</p>
<p><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/news/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-APU-Overclocked-82GHz" class="inline-image-link" title="View: AMD A10-6800K Richland APU Overclocked to 8GHz.png"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/news/2013-07-28/AMD%20A10-6800K%20Richland%20APU%20Overclocked%20to%208GHz.png" alt="AMD A10-6800K Richland APU Overclocked to 8GHz.png" title="AMD A10-6800K Richland APU Overclocked to 8GHz.png" class="pcper-inline" width="602" height="482" /></a></div></p>
<p>The system used to overclock the APU included an ASUS F2A85-V Pro motherboard, 8GB of AMD DDR3 Performance memory, and a Radeon HD 7750 graphics card. The overclocker used liquid nitrogen to cool the APU while the GPU was left at stock settings and with its default air cooler. The RAM was overclocked to 2083.6 MHz with 10-11-10-27 timings.</p>
<p>In all, it is an impressive overclock considering all four CPU cores were left enabled! More details along with validation of the overclock can be found <a href="http://hwbot.org/submission/2406060_the_stilt_cpu_frequency_a10_6800k_8203_mhz">over at HWBot</a>.</p>
<p>Also read: <a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-and-A10-6700-Review-Richland-Finally-Lands">AMD A10-6800K and A10-6700 Review: Richland Finally Lands</a>&nbsp;@ PC Perspective</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-APU-Overclocked-82GHz" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-APU-Overclocked-82GHz#commentsProcessorsa10-6800kamdAPULN2overclockingRichlandSun, 28 Jul 2013 17:08:49 +0000Tim Verry58020 at http://www.pcper.comFrame Rating: Comparing Haswell, Trinity and Richland Integrated Graphicshttp://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-Comparing-Haswell-Trinity-and-Richland-Integrated-Graphics
<p>Our long journey with Frame Rating, a new capture-based analysis tool to measure graphics performance of PCs and GPUs, began almost two years ago as a way to properly evaluate the real-world experiences for gamers.&nbsp; What started as a project attempting to learn about multi-GPU complications has really become a new standard in graphics evaluation and I truly believe it will play a crucial role going forward in GPU and game testing.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Today we use these Frame Rating methods and tools, which are <a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-Dissected-Full-Details-Capture-based-Graphics-Performance-Testin">elaborately detailed in our Frame Rating Dissected article</a>, and apply them to a completely new market: notebooks.&nbsp; Even though Frame Rating was meant for high performance discrete desktop GPUs, the theory and science behind the entire process is completely applicable to notebook graphics and even on the integrated graphics solutions on Haswell processors and Richland APUs.&nbsp; It also is able to measure performance of discrete/integrated graphics combos from NVIDIA and AMD in a unique way that has already found some interesting results.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Battle of the IGPs</strong></p>
<p>Even though neither side wants us to call it this, we are testing integrated graphics today.&nbsp; With the release of Intel&rsquo;s Haswell processor (the Core i7/i5/i3 4000) the company has upgraded the graphics noticeably on several of their mobile and desktop products.&nbsp; In <a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/Haswell-Review-Intel-Core-i7-4770K-Performance-and-Architecture">my first review of the Core i7-4770K</a>, a desktop LGA1150 part, the integrated graphics now known as the HD 4600 were only slightly faster than the graphics of the previous generation Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge.&nbsp; Even though we had all the <a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Intel-Announces-Haswell-Graphics-Details-and-New-Iris-Graphics">technical details of the HD 5000 and Iris / Iris Pro graphics</a> options, no desktop parts actually utilize them so we had to wait for some more hardware to show up.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-Comparing-Haswell-Trinity-and-Richland-Integrated-Graphics" class="inline-image-link" title="View: mbair.JPG"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/review/2013-07-05/mbair.JPG" alt="mbair.JPG" title="mbair.JPG" class="pcper-inline" width="602" height="402" /></a></div></p>
<p>When Apple held a press conference and announced new MacBook Air machines that used Intel&rsquo;s Haswell architecture, I knew I could count on Ken to go and pick one up for himself.&nbsp; Of course, before I let him start using it for his own purposes, I made him sit through a few agonizing days of benchmarking and testing in both Windows and Mac OS X environments.&nbsp; Ken has <a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/General-Tech/MacBook-Air-11-2013-Review-Windows-Perspective">already posted a review of the MacBook Air 11-in model</a> &lsquo;from a Windows perspective&rsquo; and in that we teased that we had done quite a bit more evaluation of the graphics performance to be shown later.&nbsp; Now is later.</p>
<p>So the first combatant in our integrated graphics showdown with Frame Rating is the 11-in MacBook Air.&nbsp; A small, but powerful Ultrabook that sports more than 11 hours of battery life (in OS X at least) but also includes the new HD 5000 integrated graphics options.&nbsp; Along with that battery life though is the GT3 variation of the new Intel processor graphics that doubles the number of compute units as compared to the GT2.&nbsp; The GT2 is the architecture behind the HD 4600 graphics that sits with nearly all of the desktop processors, and many of the notebook versions, so I am very curious how this comparison is going to stand.&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-Comparing-Haswell-Trinity-and-Richland-Integrated-Graphics">Continue reading our story on Frame Rating with Haswell, Trinity and Richland!!</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-Comparing-Haswell-Trinity-and-Richland-Integrated-Graphics" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-Comparing-Haswell-Trinity-and-Richland-Integrated-Graphics#commentsGraphics CardsProcessorsMobileamdAPUframe ratinghaswelligpIntelnvidiaRichlandtrinityMon, 08 Jul 2013 15:59:52 +0000Ryan Shrout57820 at http://www.pcper.comPodcast #258 - Corsair 900D, HD 7790 vs GTX 650Ti BOOST, Leaked AMD APUs and more!http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Podcast-258-Corsair-900D-HD-7790-vs-GTX-650Ti-BOOST-Leaked-AMD-APUs-and-more
<p class="c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1"><u><strong>PC Perspective Podcast #258 - 07/04/2013</strong></u></p>
<p>Join us this week as we discuss the Corsair 900D, HD 7790 vs GTX 650Ti BOOST, Leaked AMD APUs and more!</p>
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<span class="c5"><span class="c2">Ryan:</span></span> <a class="c5" href="http://ardrone2.parrot.com/"><span class="c4">AR Drone 2.0</span></a></div>
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<span class="c2">Jeremy:</span> <a class="c5" href="http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/You-cant-keep-good-Syndicate-down"><span class="c4">Support this</span></a><span class="c2">, do it now or I will</span> <a class="c5" href="http://hackaday.com/2013/07/02/salvaging-lithium-cells-and-circuits/"><span class="c4">repurpose lithium batteries and go after you</span></a></div>
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<span class="c2">Josh:</span> <a class="c5" href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127726"><span class="c4">Excellent card for the price</span></a></div>
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<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Podcast-258-Corsair-900D-HD-7790-vs-GTX-650Ti-BOOST-Leaked-AMD-APUs-and-more" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Podcast-258-Corsair-900D-HD-7790-vs-GTX-650Ti-BOOST-Leaked-AMD-APUs-and-more#commentsGeneral Tech650ti boost7790900DamdcorsairIntelkeplernvidiapodcastRichlandssdtitanvideoThu, 04 Jul 2013 04:45:25 +0000Ken Addison57813 at http://www.pcper.comOops: Leaked AMD APUs. A8-6500T and A10-6700T specs. Richland to hit 45W in quad-core APUs?http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Oops-Leaked-AMD-APUs-A8-6500T-and-A10-6700T-specs-Richland-hit-45W-quad-core-APUs
<p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">Accidents happen. AMD has been rolling out their Richland APUs for the last month and partners have been keeping up with supporting products. While common, the problem with rolling releases is the potential confusion over what has and what has not been released. Unfortunately for MSI, their support chart for FM2 CPUs <a href="http://www.msi.com/product/mb/FM2-A55M-E33.html#/?div=CPUSupport">includes a couple of products</a> which are news to us.</p>
<p class="rtecenter" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/news/General-Tech/Oops-Leaked-AMD-APUs-A8-6500T-and-A10-6700T-specs-Richland-hit-45W-quad-core-APUs" class="inline-image-link" title="View: amd-new.png"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/news/2013-07-03/amd-new.png" alt="amd-new.png" title="amd-new.png" class="pcper-inline" width="550" height="293" /></a></div></p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">AMD will be able to hit the 45W TDP with the, apparently, upcoming A8-6500T and A10-6700T APUs. Tom&#39;s Hardware <a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/news/APU-Richland-A8-6500T-A10-6700T,23360.html">seemed to have slightly different information</a>, their chart does not exactly jive with the one posted by MSI; for instance, they claimed the T suffix implied a low power variant when MSI&#39;s chart confirmed a 45W TDP... fairly loud and clear. As such, our table will be my best attempt at combining both charts along with a bit more <a href="http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2411/radeon-hd-8550d-igp.html">leaked</a> GPU <a href="http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2412/radeon-hd-8650d-igp.html">information</a> from TechPowerUP.</p>
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<strong>A8-6500T</strong></td>
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<strong>A10-6700T</strong></td>
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<strong>Core Count</strong></td>
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4</td>
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4</td>
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<strong>Base Clock</strong></td>
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2.1 GHz</td>
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2.5 GHz</td>
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<strong>Boost Clock</strong></td>
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(Unknown)</td>
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(Unknown)</td>
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<strong>TDP</strong></td>
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45W</td>
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45W</td>
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<strong>L2 Cache</strong></td>
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4 MB</td>
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4 MB</td>
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0 MB (N/A)</td>
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0 MB (N/A)</td>
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Radeon HD 8550D</div>
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Radeon HD 8650D</td>
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720 MHz</td>
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720 MHz</td>
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844 MHz (???)</td>
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844 MHz (???)</td>
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256</td>
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384</td>
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16/8/4</td>
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24/8/4</td>
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<p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal">It is impossible to know expected price, release window, or even whether the product still exists. For that, we will need to wait for an official unveiling... or at least another unofficial one.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Oops-Leaked-AMD-APUs-A8-6500T-and-A10-6700T-specs-Richland-hit-45W-quad-core-APUs" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Oops-Leaked-AMD-APUs-A8-6500T-and-A10-6700T-specs-Richland-hit-45W-quad-core-APUs#commentsGeneral TechProcessorsamdAPURichlandWed, 03 Jul 2013 07:12:59 +0000Scott Michaud57785 at http://www.pcper.comWhat's new on the Hardware Leaderboard?http://www.pcper.com/news/Systems/Whats-new-Hardware-Leaderboard
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/hwlb">It has been quite a long time since we have seen new processors on the HWLB</a>, Ivy Bridge has enjoyed a long reign as the most powerful consumer chip for high end and mid-range machines and the A10 -5800K Trinity has been on the Low End machine since its initial release.&nbsp; All three system recommendations have now change with the release of Haswell and Richland.</p>
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<p>Starting with the most affordable machine, the $455 Low End machine is now powered by the brand new AMD A8-6600K Richland, not the fast chip but a good compromise if you insist on picking up a discrete GPU for hybrid Crossfire.&nbsp; If you skip that GPU you can opt to spend $30 for the A10-6800K and reduce the total cost of the system by $35.&nbsp; MSI&#39;s FM2-A85XA-G65 motherboard will provide a stable platform to run on but please update the BIOS to take full advantage of Richland&#39;s new features.</p>
<p class="rtecenter"><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/news/Systems/Whats-new-Hardware-Leaderboard" class="inline-image-link" title="View: midrange.png"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/news/2013-06-20/midrange.png" alt="midrange.png" title="midrange.png" class="pcper-inline" width="602" height="151" /></a></div></p>
<p>The Mid-Range system has moved up to Haswell, perhaps not a great upgrade from an existing Ivy Bridge system but perfect for a new build.&nbsp; The i5-4670K is the lowest priced unlocked chip from Intel, a good choice considering the lockdown on overclocking on the non-K parts.&nbsp; MSI&#39;s Z87-G43 was chosen for the flexibility of output ports but it does only sport a single 16x PCIe slot, if you expect to upgrade to a system with dual GPUs the 4670K would be a bottleneck and you are better off saving your pennies for the High End system.&nbsp; Also new is the XFX Double D HD 7870 GHz and Block Edition which sports a custom cooling solution to go with its hefty factory overclock.&nbsp; This system offers you a lot of ways to tweak performance and if you are just starting to dabble in overclocking this system would be a great place to start.</p>
<p class="rtecenter"><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/news/Systems/Whats-new-Hardware-Leaderboard" class="inline-image-link" title="View: highend.png"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/news/2013-06-20/highend.png" alt="highend.png" title="highend.png" class="pcper-inline" width="602" height="158" /></a></div></p>
<p>Intel has finally dethroned the i7-3770K which lasted longer than just about any other part has on the HWLB, the new i7-4770K is now available with the wide variety of new features offered by Haswell.&nbsp; The chip also needs a new home and the very impressive, and golden, ASUS Z87-EXPERT is perfect for this chip as it sports a huge amount of SATA 6Gbps, USB 3.0, and audio ports along with PCIe 16x and Thunderbolt.&nbsp; Also new this month is NVIDIA&#39;s GTX770 which will offer you all the performance of the GTX680 but at the same price as the previous pick, the GTX 670.</p>
<p>The Dream system remains mostly unchanged for now, Ivy Bridge E just offers more power for the truly extreme user.&nbsp; Keep your eye out for updates though, there are more releases scheduled this year that could make it onto <a href="http://www.pcper.com/hwlb">the PCPer HWLB</a>!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/news/Systems/Whats-new-Hardware-Leaderboard" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/news/Systems/Whats-new-Hardware-Leaderboard#commentsSystemshaswellhwlbRichlandThu, 20 Jun 2013 19:43:04 +0000Jeremy Hellstrom57676 at http://www.pcper.comWin an AMD A10-6800K Richland APU + SimCity!!http://www.pcper.com/news/Editorial/Win-AMD-A10-6800K-Richland-APU-SimCity
<p>Odd, turns out I found two brand new AMD A10-6800K Richland APUs sitting on my desk this morning.&nbsp; I called AMD to ask what this was all about and they said that if I didn&#39;t need them, I might as well give them away to our readers.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&quot;Oh, and throw in a free copy of the new SimCity while you&#39;re at it,&quot; they told me.</p>
<p><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/news/Editorial/Win-AMD-A10-6800K-Richland-APU-SimCity" class="inline-image-link" title="View: apugiveaway.jpg"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/news/2013-06-10/apugiveaway.jpg" alt="apugiveaway.jpg" title="apugiveaway.jpg" class="pcper-inline" width="602" height="339" /></a></div></p>
<p>Who am I to argue?</p>
<p>So let&#39;s have a giveaway!&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>We are handing out two AMD A10-6800K &quot;Richland&quot; APUs for you to build a brand new PC around and including a key for SimCity with each of them.</strong>&nbsp; If you haven&#39;t <a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-and-A10-6700-Review-Richland-Finally-Lands">read Josh&#39;s review of the A10-6800K APU you should definitely do so</a>; it will help educate you on exactly what you are getting - for FREE.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>To enter, I need you to <strong>leave a comment on this very news post below telling us what you would build with a brand new A10 APU</strong> - you don&#39;t have to be registered to do so but we&#39;d sure like it if you were.&nbsp; (Make sure you leave your correct email address so I can get in touch with you if you win.)&nbsp; Also, feel free to <a href="http://youtube.com/pcper" target="_blank">stop by the PC Perspective YouTube channel</a> and either give our videos a gander or subscribe.&nbsp; I think we put out some great content there and we&#39;d like more of you to see it.&nbsp;</p>
<p>I will pick one winner on June 17th and another on June 24th so you have two separate weeks to potentially win!&nbsp;</p>
<p>A big thanks goes out to AMD for supplying the APUs and copies of SimCity for this giveaway.&nbsp; Good luck!!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/news/Editorial/Win-AMD-A10-6800K-Richland-APU-SimCity" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/news/Editorial/Win-AMD-A10-6800K-Richland-APU-SimCity#commentsEditorialProcessorsa10-6800kamdAPUcontestgiveawayRichlandSimCityMon, 10 Jun 2013 14:53:07 +0000Ryan Shrout57567 at http://www.pcper.comPodcast #254 - NVIDIA GTX 770, Haswell and Z87 Reviews, AMD Richland APUs and ton of Computex news!http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Podcast-254-NVIDIA-GTX-770-Haswell-and-Z87-Reviews-AMD-Richland-APUs-and-ton-Compu
<p class="c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1 c1"><u><strong>PC Perspective Podcast #254 - 06/06/2013</strong></u></p>
<p>Join us this week as we discuss the NVIDIA GTX 770, Haswell and Z87 Reviews, AMD Richland APUs and ton of Computex news!</p>
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<span class="c7">0:40:00</span> <a class="c5" href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-and-A10-6700-Review-Richland-Finally-Lands"><span class="c4">AMD A10-6800K and A10-6700 Review: Richland Finally Lands</span></a></div>
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<span class="c2">0:56:20</span> <a class="c5" href="http://sites.amd.com/us/promo/products/Pages/invincible.aspx"><span class="c10">AMD wants you to BE INVINCIBLE</span></a></div>
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<span class="c7">1:11:20</span> <a class="c5" href="http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Computex-2013-ASUS-PQ321-315-4K-monitor"><span class="c10">Computex 2013: ASUS PQ321 is a 31.5&quot; 4K monitor</span></a></div>
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<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Podcast-254-NVIDIA-GTX-770-Haswell-and-Z87-Reviews-AMD-Richland-APUs-and-ton-Compu" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Podcast-254-NVIDIA-GTX-770-Haswell-and-Z87-Reviews-AMD-Richland-APUs-and-ton-Compu#commentsGeneral Tech4kamdasuscomputexgtx 770haswellnvidiapodcastRichlandTransformervideoThu, 06 Jun 2013 17:42:05 +0000Ken Addison57539 at http://www.pcper.comJust when you thought it was going to calm down AMD drops Richland on your laphttp://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/Just-when-you-thought-it-was-going-calm-down-AMD-drops-Richland-your-lap
<p>Richland is here, in the form of the A10-6800K with a 4.1GHz base clock and 4.4GHz Turbo clock, support for DDR3-2133 and an improved GPU called the 8670D with 384 shaders and a 844MHz clock speed ... all for $142!&nbsp; Computationally you can compare it to a Core i3 or a slower Core i5 but graphically this CPU is head and shoulders above the competition as <a href="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-a10-6800k.html">you can see in X-Bit Labs&#39; testing</a>.&nbsp; You really need to keep the price in mind, as it may not provide as much power as a Core-i5 it costs about half as much which can mean a lot to someone on a tight budget, especially when they can skip purchasing a discrete GPU altogether.</p>
<p>Make sure to <a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-and-A10-6700-Review-Richland-Finally-Lands">check out Josh&#39;s reivew</a> where he contrasts the last few generations of AMD chips.</p>
<p class="rtecenter"><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/news/Processors/Just-when-you-thought-it-was-going-calm-down-AMD-drops-Richland-your-lap" class="inline-image-link" title="View: XB_rich.jpg"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/news/2013-06-05/XB_rich.jpg" alt="XB_rich.jpg" title="XB_rich.jpg" class="pcper-inline" width="550" height="214" /></a></div></p>
<blockquote><p>&quot;AMD decided to refresh their Socket FM2 platform and release a new generation of hybrid processors for it based on Richland design. This is exactly the one that earned the &ldquo;Elite Performance APU Platform&rdquo; title in the mobile segment.&quot;</p>
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<p>Here are some more Processor articles from around the web:</p>
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<a href="http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/A10-6800K/" target="_blank">AMD Elite A-Series A10-6800K APU (Socket FM2) @ techPowerUp</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/amd_a10_apu/" target="_blank">AMD A10-6800K &amp; A10-6700 APU Review @ Neoseeker</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.legitreviews.com/article/2209/1/" target="_blank">AMD A10-6800K and A10-6700 Richland APU Reviews @ Legit Reviews</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/amd_a106800k_a106700_richland_apu/" target="_blank">AMD A10-6800K &amp; A10-6700 Richland APU Review @ OCC</a></li>
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<a href="http://us.hardware.info/reviews/4461/amd-a10-6800k--a10-6700-cpu-review-richland-tested" target="_blank">AMD A10-6800K / A10-6700 @ Hardware.info</a></li>
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<a href="http://hitechlegion.com/reviews/processors/35202-amd-6800k-6700" target="_blank">AMD A10-6800K and 6700 A-Series &quot;Richland&quot; Processor Review @ HiTech Legion</a></li>
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<a href="http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1169&amp;Itemid=63" target="_blank">AMD A10-6800K APU Richland Processor @ Benchmark Reviews</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.overclockers.com/amd-richland-a106800k-apu-review/" target="_blank">AMD Richland APU - Release Day Coverage @ Overclockers.com</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/61510-amd-richland-review-a10-6800k-a10-6700-benchmarked.html" target="_blank">AMD Richland Desktop Review; A10-6800K &amp; A10-6700 Benchmarked @ Hardware Canucks</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.techspot.com/review/681-amd-a10-6800k-a4-4000/" target="_blank">AMD A10-6800K and A4-4000 Richland APU @ TechSpot</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/intel_core_i7_4770k,1.html" target="_blank">Intel Core i7-4770K @ Legion Hardware</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/6985/choosing-a-gaming-cpu-at-1440p-adding-in-haswell-" target="_blank">Choosing a Gaming CPU at 1440p: Adding in Haswell @ AnandTech</a></li>
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<a href="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-4770k.html" target="_blank">Intel Core i7-4770K CPU Review. Intel Haswell for Desktops: Ruin of Our Hopes? @ X-bit Labs</a></li>
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<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/Just-when-you-thought-it-was-going-calm-down-AMD-drops-Richland-your-lap" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/Just-when-you-thought-it-was-going-calm-down-AMD-drops-Richland-your-lap#commentsProcessors67006800Ka10amdAPUfm2piledriverRichlandtrinityVLIW4Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:25:43 +0000Jeremy Hellstrom57531 at http://www.pcper.comAMD A10-6800K and A10-6700 Review: Richland Finally Landshttp://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-and-A10-6700-Review-Richland-Finally-Lands
<p>Richland.&nbsp; We have been hearing this name for a solid nine months.&nbsp; Originally Richland was going to be a low end Trinity model that was budget oriented (or at least that was the context we heard it in).&nbsp; Turns out Richland is something quite different, though the product group does extend all the way from the budget products up to mainstream prices.&nbsp; We have seen both AMD and Intel make speed bin updates throughout the years with their products, but that seems like it is becoming a thing of the past.&nbsp; Instead, AMD is refreshing their Trinity product in a pretty significant matter.&nbsp; It is not simply a matter of binning these chips up a notch.</p>
<p class="rtecenter" style=""><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/reviews/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-and-A10-6700-Review-Richland-Finally-Lands" class="inline-image-link" title="View: rich_01.jpg"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/review/2013-06-04/rich_01.jpg" alt="rich_01.jpg" title="rich_01.jpg" class="pcper-inline" width="602" height="457" /></a></div></p>
<p>Trinity was released last Fall and it was a solid product in terms of overall performance and capabilities.&nbsp; It was well worth the price that AMD charged, especially when compared to Intel processors that would often be significantly slower in terms of graphics.&nbsp; The &ldquo;Piledriver&rdquo; architecture powers both Trinity and Richland, and it is an improved version of the original &ldquo;Bulldozer&rdquo; architecture.&nbsp; Piledriver included some small IPC gains, but the biggest advantage given was in terms of power.&nbsp; It is a much more power efficient architecture that can be clocked higher than the original Bulldozer parts.&nbsp; Trinity turned out to be a power sipping part for both mobile and desktop.&nbsp; In ways, it helped to really keep AMD afloat.</p>
<p>It turns out there were still some surprises in store from Trinity, and they have only been exposed by the latest Richland parts.&nbsp; AMD is hoping to keep in front of Intel in terms of graphics performance and compatibility, even in the face of the latest Haswell parts.&nbsp; While AMD has not ported over GCN to the Trinity/Richland lineup, the VLIW4 unit present in the current parts is still very competitive.&nbsp; What is perhaps more important, the software support for both 3D applications and GPGPU is outstanding.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-and-A10-6700-Review-Richland-Finally-Lands">Click here to read the entire review on the AMD A10-6800K and A10-6700.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-and-A10-6700-Review-Richland-Finally-Lands" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-A10-6800K-and-A10-6700-Review-Richland-Finally-Lands#commentsProcessors67006800Ka10amdAPUfm2piledriverRichlandtrinityVLIW4Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:10:50 +0000Josh Walrath57510 at http://www.pcper.comPodcast #252 - Z87 Motherboards, Xbox One, Lenovo Y500 Gaming notebook and more!http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Podcast-252-Z87-Motherboards-Xbox-One-Lenovo-Y500-Gaming-notebook-and-more
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<span class="c5"><span class="c2">Ryan:</span></span> <a class="c5" href="http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/making-heard,469-14.html"><span class="c4">MSI GeForce Ti 4200 Graphics Card - 128 MB of RAM!</span></a></div>
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<span class="c2">Josh:</span> <a class="c5" href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005406"><span class="c4">Nice monitor, cruddy stand, but cheap!</span></a></div>
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<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Podcast-252-Z87-Motherboards-Xbox-One-Lenovo-Y500-Gaming-notebook-and-more" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/Podcast-252-Z87-Motherboards-Xbox-One-Lenovo-Y500-Gaming-notebook-and-more#commentsGeneral TechamdAPUasusECSGiagbytegtx 650mhgstIntelJaguarKabiniKaveriLenovomsipcperpodcastRichlandTemashvideoxboxxbox oneY500z87Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:17 +0000Ken Addison57324 at http://www.pcper.comAMD 2013 Mobile Platforms - Temash, Kabini and Richlandhttp://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-2013-Mobile-Platforms-Temash-Kabini-and-Richland
<p>AMD has a lot to say today.&nbsp; At an event up in Toronto this month we got to sit down with AMD&rsquo;s marketing leadership and key engineers to learn about the company&rsquo;s plans for 2013 mobility processors.&nbsp; This includes a refreshed high performance APU known as Richland that will replace Trinity as well as two brand new APUs based on Jaguar CPU cores and the GCN architecture for low power platforms.&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-Releases-Latest-Generation-G-Series-Embedded-Products">Josh has put together an article that details the Jaguar + GCN design of Temash and Kabini</a> and I have also posted some initial <a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/Performance-Preview-AMD-A4-5000-Kabini-Reference-Notebook-Tested">performance results of the Kabini reference system AMD handed me</a> in May.&nbsp; This article will detail the plans that AMD has for each of these three mobile segments, starting with the newest entry, AMD&rsquo;s Elite Mobility APU platform &ndash; Temash.</p>
<p><div class = "center-article-image"><a href="/reviews/Processors/AMD-2013-Mobile-Platforms-Temash-Kabini-and-Richland" class="inline-image-link" title="View: temash01_0.jpg"><img src="/files/imagecache/article_max_width/review/2013-05-21/temash01_0.jpg" alt="temash01_0.jpg" title="temash01_0.jpg" class="pcper-inline" width="602" height="164" /></a></div></p>
<p>The goal of the APU, the combination of traditional x86 processing cores and a discrete style graphics system, was to offer unparalleled performance in smaller and more efficient form factors.&nbsp; AMD believes that their leadership in the graphics front will offer them a good sized advantage in areas including performance tablets, hybrids and small screen clamshells that may or not be touch enabled.&nbsp; They are acknowledging though that getting into the smallest tablets (like the Nexus 7) is not on the table quite yet and that content creation desktop replacements are probably outside the scope of Richland.&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>2013 Elite Mobility APU &ndash; Temash</strong></p>
<p>AMD will have the first x86 quad-core SoC design with Temash and AMD thinks it will make a big splash in a relatively new market known as the &ldquo;high performance&rdquo; tablet.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Temash, built around Jaguar CPU cores and the graphics technology of GCN, will be able to offer fully accelerated video playback with transcode support as well with features like image stabilization and Perfect Picture enabled.&nbsp; Temash will also be the only SoC to offer support for DX11 graphics and even though some games might not have the ability to show off added effects there are quite a few performance advantages of DX11 over DX10/9.&nbsp; With more than 100% claimed GPU performance upgrade you&rsquo;ll be able to drive displays at 2560x1600 for productivity use and even be able to take advantage of wireless display options.&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-2013-Mobile-Platforms-Temash-Kabini-and-Richland">Continue reading our preview of the new 2013 mobility platforms featuring AMD APUs!!</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-2013-Mobile-Platforms-Temash-Kabini-and-Richland" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Processors/AMD-2013-Mobile-Platforms-Temash-Kabini-and-Richland#commentsProcessorsamdAPUKabiniRichlandTemashThu, 23 May 2013 04:01:13 +0000Ryan Shrout57270 at http://www.pcper.com